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日本語/Japanese  Sun 06/10 23:35 JST
The word for underwear in Japanese is "Shitagi" (下着(したぎ)) where the colloquial form is "Pantsu" (パンツ) or "Panchu" (ぱんちゅ).
Figures that cast-off are cute but for me it pretty much ends there (even though I complain when a figure cant cast-off ^^;) The occasional fanservice in anime is cute too ^^; But to some Japanese, panchu has much more meaning...

Lets take Kawamura-san for example. He was recently caught stealing womens underwear and when the police investigated his house, they found 8000 items of womens underwear stolen over the past ten years (check out the video too).

Another example is some bloke caught stealing underwear while dressed in a sailor school outfit (via Asahi News). I have always seen regular news on underwear thieves since my arrival in Japan.

You can even find BBSs where people upload photos of stolen or family members panchu. I only looked at the first page of that BBS so I dont know what the rest is like but previous search results showed BBSs with pictures of dirty underwear. Glad I already had my morning yogurt before stumbling on to that one @.@

The girl in the pic is of Maya Koizumi (小泉麻耶). Posted her pic here for a few reasons.
1. Couldn't find a decent pic of a bunch of stolen underwear.
2. Maya looks better than a bunch of stolen underwear.
3. Shes wearing a bikini which looks like underwear.
Also added a video of her to the Otavids section.
Maya is actually doing some idol photo sessions. I couldn't go to the previous one but will try to make the next one.
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dinosaur in Canada
Sales/Buyer
Registered on 2006/12/27 02:37
I prefer real girls to underwear.
I still remember a youtube video were a sweaty guy dance dances in girl's underwear, gets packaged to a guy who ordered it...
(ID #49451) Posted on 2007/06/11 01:13
kirbybowl in Toronto
Student, Programmer
Registered on 2008/05/30 02:44
Ah, I remember seeing that video too...it was so creepy lol (especially when the buyer takes a good sniff)
(ID #202187) Posted on 2008/06/02 02:31
windbell in Singapore/シンガポール, Tokyo/東京
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
Registered on 2006/12/25 12:20
@dinosaur: I've seen that one too. But I think it was a spoof or something.

The guy who stole 8000 items of womens underwear is real crazy @.@
(ID #49452) Posted on 2007/06/11 01:48
D_Blade in Montreal
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:48
Like I said some time before, I really don't understand the practice of selling used pantsu  (EWWW!) accompanied with a small bottle with the girl's... urine (double EWWW!), mostly available in certain vending machines (I know people, "WTF?!" indeed!!).

When I watched Ranma 1/2 during my young days, with old crazy pervert Happosai appearing at times, I thought it was a tongue-in-cheek joke by our Japanese friends and that wouldn't exist in reality...

...Oh how much I was wrong in that. I just hope that it is more of a mental trouble/obsession than anything else, otherwise it would become a little scary in terms of morals.

Here is a link, while I'm at it.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovableSexManiac

Ah, morals...
(ID #49453) Posted on 2007/06/11 01:51
Jay Cee in São Paulo, Brazil
Registered on 2007/02/08 02:54
Happousai from Ranma 1/2 was one of those perverts. LOL. Idols are allways wellcome.
(ID #49455) Posted on 2007/06/11 03:33
hendrik in jakarta,indonesia
student
Registered on 2007/06/01 04:39
it's a rare case in indonesia. but there are lot of sodomizing and rapist here(some old man sodom the adolescent 7year old boy OR 12th girl till they pregnant[!]) yeah i know, disgusting.

why the hell you want to sniffing the ass of girl anyway? aren't that make you look like some slave or dog?
(ID #49456) Posted on 2007/06/11 03:46
Demacrez in Evansville, Indiana, US
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
Registered on 2006/12/25 13:31
I don't get the point of stealing women's underwear just to get "turn on".  It's women's underwear, it's not like it's gonna jump to life and create a hot woman from it.  Though that would be something.

Me, real women would turn me on instead of their panties, including used panties. Ew!

And that guy who stole 8000 women's underwear; jeez, he seriously needs a girl friend.
(ID #49457) Posted on 2007/06/11 04:10
dood in Cali.
Hikikomori
Registered on 2007/02/05 05:49
@hendrik
sniff ass..?  I'm guessing some people like the area where the vaginal part is, the dried up fluid the female part let out^^; I don't see the point in sniffing the ass area of the panties, so it's the vaginal area!
(ID #49458) Posted on 2007/06/11 04:16
Edward in Michigan U.S.A.
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Registered on 2006/12/24 12:02
There are a few things I don't understand and this is one of them.   
I agree the occasional fan service is one thing.  Be it anime or a figure it is all I'm interested in seeing too.  Well fighting pantsu, but that's very different.

I'm feeling sick just thinking about this subject.

I guess it's best if we look at this with the following in mind:  If you have to ask why, then you would never do it.
(ID #49459) Posted on 2007/06/11 04:37
shippoyasha in NYC
NEET
Registered on 2007/06/10 15:34
I love women's underwear. And really, the attraction comes from not the underwear itself, but the fact that such a private clothing was worn by an attractive girl. I don't think it'll be the same if I stole a woman's wig (if she's bald..) or her fingernail.

That said, stealing is bad. yep. lol
(ID #49460) Posted on 2007/06/11 05:10
Otaku Blue in London
Student
Registered on 2007/05/12 22:32
Hehe this story reminds me of the opening of the Ranma 1/2 Movie opening where the old man is stealing underwear off of washing lines.
(ID #49461) Posted on 2007/06/11 06:14
D_Blade in Montreal
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:48
Random comments:

@Demacrez: Out of the blue, who would be the girlfriend of a panties thief (especially to a recordman)? Seriously.

@dood: Thank you for the details, not!
Just kidding.

@shippoyasha: I agree with you, but I would be attracted to underwear only if it was my girlfriend's (and hopefully she got good taste) ^^
(ID #49462) Posted on 2007/06/11 06:49
sandrum in Aomori, Japan
Polygon Pusher
Registered on 2007/01/16 21:37
I heard about this "hobby" before coming to Japan but never really believed it until a girl who lived a little north of me told me her story.  Apparently she made the mistake of leaving her front door unlocked (though closed) and upon her return from a night out with friends she found that someone had stolen all of her personal clothing affairs -- going so far as removing the hair from her comb and shower.  None of her expensive items were otherwise touched.  
(ID #49463) Posted on 2007/06/11 07:20
radical anime fan in Dai-Singapore-dan. Hotter than Kamina and Lelouch combined.
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
Registered on 2007/01/25 21:20
Well, Japan isn't the only place where someone can't control their urges to @!$$@!%^&#.....
(ID #49464) Posted on 2007/06/11 07:48
Phamolous in Germany
Registered on 2007/05/26 06:44
Underwear worn by a woman: yes.
Underwear sniffing/stealing/collecting: no.

Try asking some of the sniffing fetishists: "Yo, how do you like your panties?" - "yellow-brown!!!"....ugh >.
(ID #49465) Posted on 2007/06/11 07:56
Sakimichi in Philippines
Scanlator, iCONIST, Web master
Registered on 2007/05/14 14:05
*double shock* *nosebleed*
Why are they so fetish in smelly underwear anyway, it reminds me of that old guy in Ranma 1/2. Just curios though, do Japanese men act like these? 8D. Also the panty image board was hillarious XD

@dannychoo, thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge in Japan. I was planning to go there someday, haha i might as well be cautious :)
(ID #49470) Posted on 2007/06/11 10:58
Arrot in Illinois U.S.A.
Undecided Major; Student
Registered on 2006/12/31 08:21
>_>;; People in society need a productive means to their "hobbies" say the underwear thief may have a lot of knowledge on underwear, should become a clothing store clerk or something.

(ID #49474) Posted on 2007/06/11 12:12
Zer0 in Singapore
Keyboard Warrior
Registered on 2007/01/11 18:55
lingerie theft is a perennial problem for those girls staying in the hostels in Singapore's universities.
(ID #49475) Posted on 2007/06/11 12:46
Akiraman in RIDGE RACER City
Designer & Animator
Registered on 2007/01/11 23:52
@Arrot I am not so sure he maybe might just steal all the pantsu in the store?
but then since he has quite a lot of knowledge he may be albe to recommend products to ladies?

I prefer pantsu / underwear on girls cause they would look smexy/cute on them. They don't come to life without the wearer if you noe what i mean...
(ID #49476) Posted on 2007/06/11 13:09
lanie-emon in Keldabe, Malaysia
Mandalorian in training + Otaku...
Registered on 2007/06/05 11:28
Ugh, fair enough.Never had the urge myself, but sometimes strange fetish manifest in people, so...ya.
(ID #49477) Posted on 2007/06/11 13:18
Tiny Red Man in Pedobear Land
Full Time Pedobear
Registered on 2007/04/11 16:51
wonder what they do with the stolen goods? 
(ID #49479) Posted on 2007/06/11 14:09
hendrik in jakarta,indonesia
student
Registered on 2007/06/01 04:39
yea right, i do think sniffing vagi** is great(when i married though, i only 17, man^^) but not sniffing the anus!

did you read my post about child rapist? sorry for the abomination

pantsu are disgusting, even i hate to touch my own pantsu when i'm changing cloths.

i'm still adolescent tehehehehehe 
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD 
(ID #49482) Posted on 2007/06/11 14:51
super rats in Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Everything
Registered on 2007/01/15 11:33
This guy went about it all wrong.  He should have become a rock star, then women would just throw their underwear to him at concerts or mail them to him when he's not on tour.  
(ID #49483) Posted on 2007/06/11 15:05
Zyg in Oklahoma
Student
Registered on 2007/04/17 16:06
I remember my hawt neighbor was once a victim of this.. after the incident she never hanged her underwears outside her house anymore *sad*  
(ID #49486) Posted on 2007/06/11 16:26
Henry in Makati, Philippines
anime/cosplay events organizer
Registered on 2006/12/25 19:17
actually, i have a new video uploaded at the Otavids section together with the news article of the 8000 pantsu thief

just head over at the J-TV Otavids section ^^
(ID #49487) Posted on 2007/06/11 16:29
Alafista OTAKU in Singapore
Singapore Customs
Registered on 2006/12/25 11:34
They should just make a UFO catcher whereby you can use the catcher to hook pantsu
(ID #49488) Posted on 2007/06/11 16:33
X-Gear in his room
College student
Registered on 2007/01/18 17:00
Whoa, interesting
(ID #49489) Posted on 2007/06/11 17:23
shippoyasha in NYC
NEET
Registered on 2007/06/10 15:34
@Alafista OTAKU,

I'm pretty sure they already do have pantsu vending machines. It'd be funny if there's a pre-worn one or a UFO. lol

I don't know. I'm just enamored with female undies. Design-wise, they tend to be way better than male underwear too. Yes, it's perverted, yes it's twisted, but I can totally understand female underwear fans. I'm not exactly one myself, but I guess I'm on the verge? heh
(ID #49490) Posted on 2007/06/11 18:51
loplop in Somewhere on the Tokyo Subway
H/R Type person
Registered on 2007/02/10 15:13
What in the world was someone going to do with 8,000 pair?  Start his own pantsu vending machine company . . .
(ID #49492) Posted on 2007/06/11 23:15
akaugly in The Firehouse, 2nd floor
Self-employed
Registered on 2007/03/30 11:19
hah, I like the idea of him starting his own pantsu UFO catcher. 

Hmm...Lobsters or Woman's underwear?
(ID #49528) Posted on 2007/06/12 07:03
randall in Champaign, Illinois
Programmer
Registered on 2007/01/03 15:10
Apologies in afvance for this joke.

I don't know about stealing underwear, but Koizumi-chan is clearly smuggling melons. :D
(ID #49545) Posted on 2007/06/12 13:52
Frankie in Moon
BBS of Maya pics for those who are interested. http://bbs.avi.jp/383011/
(ID #49551) Posted on 2007/06/12 20:35
BeLe in Davao, Philippines
.NET/Web Developer
Registered on 2007/01/03 16:36
Maybe he's missing a couple in his underwear collection. heheh

YOu should definitely go to her next photo session. :D She is sooo cute. XD
(ID #49558) Posted on 2007/06/13 00:20
Tofu-san in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
ecchi student
Registered on 2007/03/04 06:41
I remember hearing about Kawamura-san on Japan Probe.
(ID #49587) Posted on 2007/06/13 04:28
syrix in U.S.
student
Registered on 2007/03/21 09:30
Those that steal underwear should sell what they get, don't need those vending machines anymore and you might get a better price.
(ID #49693) Posted on 2007/06/14 23:31
mavadotar in Peterborough/Ottawa, Canada
Game Development Student
Registered on 2007/12/11 19:26
Aw man, too bad he hadn't stolen another thousand, I could have made a really lame DBZ joke. Anyways, looks like he was trying to make a bed, lol
(ID #66804) Posted on 2007/12/12 22:13
Ryuzenshu in San Antonio, Texas
Otaku
Registered on 2008/04/05 06:26
o.o shes cute^^
(ID #172316) Posted on 2008/04/19 06:56
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